Nirbhaya's parents seek time-bound justice
December 15, 2019 17:47
It has been seven years to that fateful day when their daughter -- who came to be known as 'Nirbhaya' -- was brutally gangraped and thrown off a bus, but her parents still await justice.
The tag of rape capital became all the more pronounced after the Nirbhaya incident but her parents say it is a pan-India problem and cannot bring themselves to hate the national capital, which snatched their child.
"Delhi snatched everything away. But we cannot hate Delhi since our state Uttar Pradesh has also been seeing such incidents.There is no place in the world where we can go where such incidents do not happen. You cannot hate the entire world," says Nirbhaya's mother.
But they hope and pray that things improve for the better.
In the last few days, they have seen a bit of hope, with reports saying the four accused in the case might be hanged soon.
As Nirbhaya's mother puts it, "We are hopeful. We have been waiting for it. It is not easy till the time we get their death warrant and the date."
The 23-year-old paramedic student's parents have not lost faith in God, despite facing so much.
"I have believed in karma for the last seven years. I have the support of God. But I didn't lose faith in him. Of course there are questions like 'Why did we have to face this? '"
Her father says they believe in doing good karma.
While they might be closer to getting justice, they said their fight for other 'Nirbhayas' will continue.
"With the hanging of the four accused, Nirbhaya will get justice. But there are many Nirbhayas in the country. We will fight for other daughters too," says her father.
The last seven years have given the couple a lot of experience and they now understand the loopholes of the criminal justice system and how to tackle them.
He said their fight ahead will centre around time-bound justice.
"There is no time-bound procedure for filing mercy or review petitions. There should be a fixed duration of cases," he says.
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